NOTRE DAME AND OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
>> SEEING THAT NOW.
A BIG STORY COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON THIS MORNING.
TODAY IS THE DAY.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN IS ON TO
THIS MORNING'S PUBLIC RELEASE OF
THE MUELLER REPORT.
WE HAVE IN D-DEPTH COVERAGE WHA
YOU CAN EXPECT, HOW IT WILL PLAY
OUT THIS MORNING.
START WITH NBC WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT KRISTEN WELKER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
TENSIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH TODAY
AS THE PUBLIC PREPARES TO GET
ITS FIRST LOOK AT ROBERT
MUELLER'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
REPORT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR
WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE
THIS MORNING AND DEMOCRATS ARE
CALLING FOUM SAY THE BARR'S
HANDLING OF THIS CRITICAL MOMENT
HAS THEM QUESTIONING IMPA
IMPAR
IMPARTIALITY.
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM
BARR ARE RELEASED REDACTED
VERSION OF THE MUELLER REPORT.
TRT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH A NOTE OF
CONFIDENCE.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR WILL
GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE.
MAYBE I'LL DO ONE AFTER THAT.
WE'LL SEE.
>> Reporter: THAT REVELATION
THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL
SPEAK PUBLICLY AN HOUR AND A
HALF BEFORE GIVE IT TO CONGRESS,
OUTRAGE.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
TAKEN UNPRECEDENTED STEPPED TO
SPIN THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: THE HOUSE CHAIR
JARED NADLER CALLING ON THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CANCEL THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> HE IS NOT ALLOWING THE
MUELLER REPORT TO SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: FURTHER FUELING
ACCUSATIONING THAT THERE IS
COORDINATION ACCORDING TO A "NEW
YORK TIMES" TIME LATE WEDNESDAY
JUSTICE OFFICIALS HAD NUMEROUS
CONVERSATIONS WITH WHITE HOUSE
LAWYERS ABOUT THE CONCLUSIONS
MADE BY MUELLER IN RECENT DAYS.
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE WITH
KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCUSSIONS, ON
CAPITOL HILL LAST WEEK, BARR
SIDESTEPPED A QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER HE SHARED THE REPORT
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> HAVE THEY BEEN BRIEFED ON THE
CONTENTS.
>> I'VE SAID WHAT I'M GOING TO
SAY ABOUT THE REPORT TODAY.
>> Reporter: IN MARCH, BARR
RELEASED A FOUR-PAGE SUMMARY OF
THE SWEEPING MUELLER REPORT
CONCLUDED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN DID
NOT CONSPIRE WITH RUSSIA TO
INTERFERE IN THE 2016 ELECTION
AND ON THE QUESTION OF
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, BARR
SAID THE SPECIAL COUNSEL DIDN'T
GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT
BARR AND THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL CONCLUDED MR. TRUMP'S
CONDUCT DID FOUGHT REACH THE
THRESHOLD OF A CRIME.
NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS PUBLICLY
INSISTED HE NEVER OBSTRUCTED
JUSTICE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE THREATENED TO
ISSUE A SUBPOENA FOR THE REPORT
AS EARLY AS FRIDAY.
NOW, AS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE
REPORT TODAY IT'S EXPECTED TO BE
SENT TO CONGRESS BETWEEN 11:00
A.M. AND NOON AND LATER POSTED
ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
WEBSITE, WHEN AFTER A NEARLY
TWO-YEAR INVESTIGATION THE
PUBLIC WILL FINALLY HAVE ITS OWN
SAY.
SAVANNAH AND CRAIG?
>> ALL RIGHT.
KRISTEN WELKER, THANK YOU.
>>> FOR MORE ON THE MUELLER
REPORT, WHAT'S IN IT, WHAT'S NOT
IN IT AND WHAT'S NEXT WE TURN TO
CORRESPONDENT PETE WILLIAMS AT
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
TALKING TO SOURCES.
START WITH WHAT YOU ARE MOST
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN THIS
DROPS IN A COUPLE HOURS?
>> Reporter: FIRST, CRAIG, AT A
GENERAL LEVEL, HOW MUCH IS
REDACTED OR BLACKED OUT.
CONGRESS HAS THREATENED TO GO TO
COURT TO GET THE ENTIRE MUELLER
REPORT.
OTHER LAWSUITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
FILED.
WHAT ARE WE MISSING?
SECOND, WHAT ACTIONS DID MUELLER
LOOK AT IN INVESTIGATING WHETHER
THE PRESIDENT OBSTRUCTED
JUSTICE.
WE CAN GUESS AT SOME, FIRING OF
JAMES COMEY, URGING THE FBI TO
GO EASY ON MICHAEL FLYNN AND
WHAT ARE THE OTHERS?
AND THIRD, WHY WERE MUELLER MAKE
A DECISION WHETHER THERE WAS A
CRIME BY THE PRESIDENT.
THE REPORT -- DOESN'T SAY
WHETHER HE DID OR DIDN'T.
WHY WOULDN'T MUELLER MAKE THAT
CALL?
CRAIG.
>> HE DID MAKE A CALL, PETE, ON
THE HISSUES OF CONSPIRACY, THE
RUSSIANS MEDDLING IN OUR
ELECTION.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE
REPORT THERE?
WE KNOW THE LEGAL CONCLUSION BUT
WHAT ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
THE CRITICAL QUESTION.
ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THE REPORT SAYS THAT NO
MEMBER OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ACTUALLY COOPERATED WITH THE
RUSSIANS IN TRYING TO INFLUENCE
THE ELECTION.
SO, QUESTION, WHAT DID THE
RUSSIAN DOSS?
WE KNOW SOME OF THEM, HACKING
INTO THE DEMOCRATIC COMPUTERS,
THE PHONY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES,
BUT WHAT OTHER ATTEMPTS WERE
MADE BY THE RUSSIANS?
AND WHAT MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN DID THEY REACH OUT TO?
AND FINALLY, WHY DID THIS REPORT
TAKE ALMOST TWO YEARS TO
COMPLETE, AND ON THE OTHER HAND,
WHY DID MUELLER DECIDE TO STOP
WHEN HE DID?
>> PETE, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
SEE HOW MANY ARE ANSWERED TODAY.
TURN TO NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST
ARI MELBER.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS LEGAL
SIGNIFICANCE ISN'T PARTICULARLY
HIGH.
WE KNOW THE LEGAL CONCLUSIONS.
NO CRIMINAL CHARGES COMING.
WHAT ABOUT ITS POLITICAL
SIGNIFICANCE?
WHAT WILL WE LEARN?
>> THE POLITICAL CONVENTION IS
HUGE.
YOU SEE IT IN THE PITCHED BATTLE
COMING TO AIR.
SPEAKER PELOSI AND LEADER
SCHUMER SAYING MUELLER'S GOT TO
TEMPERATURE TO CLEAR UP WHAT
BARR IS GOING TO DO TODAY.
WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE
NOT CHARGED INCLUDING THE
PRESIDENT'S FAMILY MEMBERS BUT
DID THEY TO THINGS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT?
>> AND UNDERLYING EVIDENCE AS
RELATES TO OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE.
HOW WOULD THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
LEAVE THAT OUT IN A REPORT?
HOW MIGHT HE REVEAL EVIDENCE OF
OBSTRUCTION?
>> CLUES FROM EVIDENCE AND
REPORTING.
WE EXPECT A FACTUAL NARRATIVE
MUELLER AND HIS TEAM LIE OUT,
WHAT WE FOUND, NEW STUFF YOU MAY
HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT AND NEED
TO KNOW WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES DOES THINGS
THAT APPEARS TO UNDERMINE OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT AND BY THE WAY, IF
THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THEY BELIEVE,
THE MUELLER PROSECUTORS, THAT
THE PRESIDENT DID THINGS WRONG
IN THAT FIELD, OF COURSE, THAT
SHOULD MATTER TO CONGRESS AND
THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE HE'S STILL
PRESIDENT.
BEEN PRESIDENT A LONG TIME.
HE'S IN CHARGE OF THESE POWERS
TO ARREST, TO DETAIN, TO INDICT.
TO EXECUTE.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT IT COMES
DOWN TO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
GOVERNMENT POWER.
>> INTERESTING, BECAUSE, AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE THE
TOP LINE LEGAL CONCLUSIONS.
THERE'S NO SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
TO CHARGE A CRIME BUT AS YOU
KNOW WELL WE HAVE IS A HIGH
STANDARD OF PROOF BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW CLOSE IT
CAME FOR MUELLER.
WHERE JUST A SHADE SHORT OF THAT
HIGH STANDARD OF PROOF?
OR DID THEY HAVE NOTHING THAT
EVEN CAME CLOSE TO OBSTRUCTION
OR COLLUSION.
>> THAT GOES TO WHY EVERYONE HAS
THEIR EYES ON BARR AND WHETHER
THIS IS THE BARR REPORT, BECAUSE
IF THERE WAS A LOT THERE AND MR.
BARR IS CREDIBLY AUS COUPED OF
TRYING TO HIDE THAT, THAT
UNCORKS A LOT OF NEW QUESTIONS.
>> ARI, THANK YOU.
WE KNOW YOU'LL BE WATCHING AND
READING ALONG WITH US.
PETE, THANK YOU AS WELL.
>>> LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S NEW
CONFERENCE, NBC NEWS WILL POST A
COPY OF THE REPORT ON NBC.COM AS
SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
>>> GET TO THE SEVERE WEATHER
IMPACTING MILLIONS HEADING INTO
THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
AL ROKER IS STANDING BY WITH
WHAT WE CAN ALL EXPECT AND THE
DAMAGE APPARENTLY ALREADY DONE
BY THE STORMS.
>> TALKING ABOUT 400 FLIGHTS
CANCELED TO DALLAS, ALREADY MORE
ON THE WAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE
UP.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS,
FLOOD WARNINGS AS WELL.
RAINFALL RATES AT THREE INCHES
THIS SYSTEM STRETCHING NOW ABOUT
1,400 MILES AND, IN FACT, WE
HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING, WATCHES, WE HAVE 19
MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER FROM HOUSTON ALL
THE WAY TO TALLAHASSEE TODAY.
TOMORROW IT'S 43 MILLION PEOPLE
FROM ORLANDO ALL THE WAY UP TO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
DAMAGING WINDS AT 60 MILES PER
HOUR CAUSING BIG PROBLEMS.
HERE ARE THE STORM IMPACTS.
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING VERY
LIKELY.
NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, DOWN INTO
JACKSON MOST LIKELY STRETCHING
FROM ALBANY DOWN TO MONTGOMERY
THROUGH TOMORROW.
SATURATED SOIL INCREASING THE
FLOOD RISK AND IMPACTS.
RAINFALL ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE MORE THAN
THAT.
NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN,
INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN.
LOOKING FOR AT THE AIRPORTS
TODAY NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS, ST.
LOUIS, DETROIT LOOKING AT
DELAYS.
CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL
POSSIBLE DELAYS.
BIG TRAVEL DAY TOMORROW.
THE I-95 CORRIDOR A MESS AND
I-75, I-90, AIRPORTS FOR NEW
YORK, CHARLOTTE, WASHINGTON,
ORLANDO EXPECT POSSIBLE DELAYS.
POSSIBLE DELAY FOR PITTSBURGH.
A BIG IMPACT STORM, GUYS AND
LAST INTO THE WEEKEND AND NOT A
LOT OF GREAT NEWS FOR EASTER.
LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE LATER.
BACK TO YOU, SAVANNAH.
>> AL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NOW TO THAT TROUBLING
INCIDENT BE OVERNIGHT AT ST.
PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
A MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
CARRYING GAS CANS AND LIGHTER
FLUID INTO THE CRUNCH.
JUST DAYS AFTER THE NOTRE DAME
CATHEDRAL FIRE IN PARIS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE STEPPED
UP POLICE PRESENCE HERE THIS
MORNING.
THE FBI ALSO GETTING INVOLVED IN
THIS INVESTIGATION INTO A MAN
POLICE SAY WALKED INTO THE
CATHEDRAL OVERNIGHT WITH ALL THE
INGREDIENTS FOR A FIRE.
THIS MORNING, A NEW JERSEY MAN
IS IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER HE
TRIED ENTERING NEW YORK CITY'S
FAMOUS ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
WITH TWO GASOLINE CANS, TWO
BOTTLES OF LIGHTER FLUID AND TWO
LIGHTERS DAYS AFTER A
DEVASTATING FIRE ERUPTED IN THE
ICONIC NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN
PARIS.
ABOUT 8:00 P.M. A MAN IDENTIFIED
AT MARK LAMPERELO PARKED HIS
MINIVAN ON FIFTH AVENUE IN FRONT
OF THE CHURCH AND BEGAN WALKING
AROUND THE AREA.
RETURNING TO HIS VEHICLE HE
PULLED OUT THE FLAMMABLE ITEMS
AND TRIED TO ENTER THE CATHEDRAL
BUT WAS QUICKLY STOPPED BY A
SECURITY GUARD WHO DIRECTED HIM
OUT OF THE CHURCH.
THE GUARD NOTIFYING TWO
COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICERS POSTED
OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
POLICE CALLING LAMPERELO'S ANSEN
INCONSISTENT AND EVASIVE.
>> HIS BASIC STORY HE WAS
CUTTING THROUGH THE CATHEDRAL TO
GET TO MADISON AVENUE, THAT HIS
CAR HAD RUN OUT OF GAS.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE.
IT WAS NOT OUT OF GAS AND AT
THAT POINT HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITY HERE IN
NEW YORK SAY THEY DO NOT HAVE A
MOTIVE AND CANNOT SAY IF HE WAS
INSPIRED BY THE INCIDENT IN
PARIS.
>> IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT
HIS INTENTIONS WERE, BUT I THINK
THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES IS
SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE
GREAT CONCERN OVER.
>> Reporter: NOW, THIS MORNING
THE SUSPECT HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED.
POLICE SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO
CALL THIS ATTEMPTED TERRORISM,
BUT THEY DO SAY, GUYS THAT HIS
ACTIONS WERE VERY SUSPICIOUS.
>> KRISTEN DAHLGREN AT ST.
PATRICK'S THANK YOU.
>>> FROM A THAT SCARY SITUATION
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY TO DENVER,
AREA SCHOOLS REOPENED TODAY
FOLLOWING THE END OF A MASSIVE
MANHUNT FOR A YOUNG WOMAN
ACCUSED OF MAKING CREDIBLE
THREATS DAYS BEFORE THE 20th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBINE
SHOOTING.
THE 18-YEAR-OLD FOUND DEAD ON
WEDNESDAY.
NBC'S JOE FRYER HAS THE LATEST.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: CRAIG, GOOD
MORNING.
STUDENTS AT HUNDREDS OF DENVER
AREA SCHOOLS WILL RETURN TO
CLASS TODAY.
THEY STAYED HOME YESTERDAY WHILE
AUTHORITIES SEARCHED FOR A YOUNG
WOMAN ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS
THAT HAD THIS REGION ON EDGE.
THE MANHUNT IS OVER WITH A GRIM
DISCOVERY IN THE SNOWY REMOTE
MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO.
WEDNESDAY AUTHORITIES FOUND THE
BODY OF 18-YEAR-OLD SOL PAIS
DEAD FROM AAPPARENT GUNSHOT
WOUND.
>> AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE
SHE WAS ALONE, TOOK HER OWN LIFE
WITH THE WEAPON SHE SECURED.
>> Reporter: SHE LEGALLY
PURCHASED THAT WEAPON, A PUMP
ACTION SHOTGUN ON WEDNESDAY, GOT
IT AT A GUN SHOP OUTSIDE DENVER.
THE OWNER SAID SHE SEEMED NORMAL
AND PASSED A BACKGROUND CHECK
AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS TOOK ONLY
20 MINUTES.
>> SHE WANTED TO GO SHOOTING OUT
WITH FRIENDS AND POSSIBLY
HUNTING.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY
PAIS WHO FLEW TO COLORADO ON
MONDAY MADE THREATS TO COLORADO
SCHOOLS FORCING HUNDREDS TO
CLOSE MONDAY.
FORCING STUDENTS TON STAY HOME
INCLUDING THOSE AT COLUMBINE
HIGH.
>> THE RIGHT THING TO DO GIVEN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNKNOWNS
AND CERTAINLY SINCE WE LIVE NEAR
COLUMBINE.
>> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS SHE
WAS OBSESSED WITH COLUMBINE AND
APPEARS TO BE WHAT HER ONLINE
JOURNALS AND FOR MONTHS WROTE
DISTURBING NOTES ABOUT CLUM
BO
COLUMBINE AND WROTE ABOUT BUYING
A SHOTGUN.
AUTHORITIES AREN'T SNUR THE
POSTS WERE HERS.
STUNNED REACTIONS WHERE SHE WAS
A STUDENT.
>> HAD SUCH A PRETTY SMILE AND
JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.
SHOCKING TO HEAR WHAT SHE WANTED
TO DO.
>> Reporter: THIS PERSON KNEW
HER SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> SURPRISING AT FIRST.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE
GATHERING MORE EVIDENCE AT PAIS'
FAMILY HOME.
HER FAMILY HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE.
>> THEY ARE GRATEFUL NO ONE ELSE
WAS HURT.
>> Reporter: SCHOOLS ARE SET TO
REOPEN TODAY, OFFICIALS ARE
TAKING NO CHANCES AND INCREASING
SECURITY.
>> WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WE MAY
GET A COPYCAT THREAT OF THE SAME
KIND TRYING TO BRING ABOUT
DISRUPTION.
>> Reporter: COLUMBINE IS STILL
MOVING FORWARD WITH 20th
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS INCLUDING A
VIGIL TOMORROW AND REMEMBRANCE
CEREMONY SATURDAY.
THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO FOCUS ON
HONORING THE 13 VICTIMS, 12
STUDENTS AND 1 TEACHER, WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES.
SAVANNAH AND CRAIG?
>> JOE FRYER IN COLORADO.
THANK YOU.
>>> WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE
COLUMBINE ANNIVERSARY COMING UP
IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR, INCLUDING
HODA'S POWERFUL CONVERSATIONS
WITH SURVIVORS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS 20 YEARS LATER.
HOW THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD, AND
HOW THEY'VE TRIED TO REBUILD
THEIR LIVES.
>> LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
>>> LOTS TO GET TO THIS MORNING
INCLUDING IVANKA TRUMP THE FIRST
DAUGHTER AND WHITE HOUSE SENIOR
ADVISER WRAPPED UP HER FIRST
OFFICIAL VISIT TO AFRICA MAKING
HEADLINES FOR WHAT SHE'S SAYING
ABOUT TURNING DOWN A VERY
HIGH-PROFILE POSITION SHE SAYS
HER FATHER OFFERED HER.
NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THAT STORY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
FIRST FROM IVANKA TRUMP ON THE
MUELLER REPORT.
SHE SAYS SHE HAS NEVER EXPRESSED
CONCERN ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND
SAYS THAT THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
HER FOCUS THIS WEEK HAS BEEN ON
THE OTHER END OF THE PLANET
PROMOTING A GLOBAL WOMEN'S
INITIATIVE IN AFRICA.
A REGION HER FATHER PRIVATELY
DISPARAGED.
IVANKA TRUMP MAKING HER WAY BACK
TO THE U.S. AFTER FINDING HER
GROOVE IN AFRICA.
CROSSING THE CONTINENT TO TOUT
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN,
TOURING A TEXTILE BUSINESS RUN
BY WOMEN, TRYING HER HAND AT THE
LOOM AND SAMPLING TRADITIONAL
ETHIOPIAN COFFEE.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, MRS. TRUMP
PAYING RESPECT TO THE 157 LIVES
LOST IN LAST MONTH'S DEADLY
PLANE CRASH.
AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO AFRICA
IS CLEAR.
>> SO OUR ACTIONS ARE SPEAKING
FOR THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF OUR
DEDICATION TO SEEING AFRICA
PROSPER.
>> Reporter: STILL, THE TRIP IS
RENEWING SCRUTINY OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S STANCE ON
AFRICA CRITICIZED FOR NOT
EXPANDING AID AND OTHER
RESOURCES TO THE REGION AND FOR
THE PRESIDENT'S DEROGATORY
COMMENTS LAST YEAR CALLING HAITI
AND AFRICAN NATIONS S-HOLE
COUNTRIES.
DURING AN IMMIGRATE MEETING.
ON THIS TRIP, THE FIRST DAUGHTER
AND SENIOR WHITE HOUSE ADVISER
WEIGHED IN ON ISSUES AT HOME
ALSO.
INCLUDING THE FLOOD OF MIGRANTS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO FIELD
THIS THAN EXTREMELY PATHETIC FOR
THESE FAMILIES BUT WE ALSO HAVE
TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WITHIN
THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIS DAUGHTER
EVEN SUGGESTING SHE LEAD THE
WORLD BANK.
>> WHAT WAS THE PITCH TO YOU?
>> IT WAS A QUESTION.
>> YES?
AND YOU SAID, NO?
>> I'M VERY HAPPY DOING THE WORK
THAT I'M DOING.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER POSITIONS
HE ASKED YOU ABOUT?
FLOATED YOU FOR U.N. AMBASSADOR
AS WELL?
>> I'LL KEEP THAT BETWEEN US.
>> Reporter: HER FATHER GOING
EVEN FURTHER IN A RECENT
INTERVIEW WITH "THE ATLANTIC"
SAYING IF SHE EVER WANTED TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT I THINK SHE'S BE
VERY, VERY HARD TO BEAT.
A SUGGESTION IVANKA TRUMP
BRUSHED AWAY.
>> THERE WILL BE --
>> NO.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, IVANKA
TRUMP SAYS SHE IS MUCH MORE
FOCUSED ON POLICY THAN SHE IS ON
POLITICS AND SAID IN HER WORDS
SHE'S NOT REALLY A POLITICAL
AN
ANIMAL.
CRAIG AND SAVANNAH, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> BACK TO AL FOR THE FORECAST.
>> OUR FRIENDS OUT WEST
EXPERIENCING A GREAT DAY TODAY.
LOTS OF SUNSHINE.
MILD TEMPERATURES